Viljoenskroon woman gets suspended sentence for R800 000 business fraud

Viljoenskroon woman gets suspended sentence for R800 000 business fraud

A 45-year-old woman has been handed an eight-year suspended prison sentence after swindling nearly R800 000 from a business in Viljoenskroon, Free State, over several years. Jacolene Hendricks redirected payments into her personal account and inflated prices to pocket the difference. Fraud scheme unravelled after clients flagged suspicious payment instructions Hendricks was sentenced in the Kroonstad Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 12 March, fol…